Legal Officer at Doheney Services Ltd

Minimum Qualification/ Experience

• Law Degree from a recognized University.
• Qualified to practice Law in Nigeria (i.e. BL).
• At least 5 years post call to bar experience in Oil and Gas industry.
• Experience in a law firm, Marine Logistics, EPCI, Power & Energy Industry, Infrastructure, Oil and Gas will be an added advantage.

Completion of NYSC is mandatory.

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

PURPOSE STATEMENT

• To provide efficient, professional, legal, contractual and company secretarial support to the Company and its subsidiaries; whilst identifying risks, reducing liabilities, preventing litigation, ensuring compliance with laws and reducing general legal costs.

KEY DELIVERABLES

Legal Services:

• Provide ad-hoc legal advice and support to the various companies within the Company.
• Ensure the legal department and the company is updated on applicable legal and regulatory requirements by providing support and advice on laws, regulations and rules.
• Liaise with external solicitors working on the matters for company and its subsidiaries including litigation matters and other transactions.
• Giving prompt legal counsel and advice on all legal matters relating to business ventures, activities, relationships, projects and operations.
• Management of litigation and resolution of legal disputes of the Company through ADR techniques.
• Management of departmental budget and implementation of legal cost cutting techniques.
• Management of Company's relationship with external counsel/law firms and serves as the link between the Company and external law firms/counsel.
• Reviews complaints and prepares preliminary assessment of cases
• Reviews court cases, correspondences and publications and point out matter of note or which necessitate action.
• Performs research and analysis of routine legal problems and issues.
• Representation in courts on behalf of the company.

Contract Management:

• Review, draft and negotiate low risk commercial agreements
• Take lead on requests to draft and/or review lease agreements, deeds and other low risk property documentation.
• Drafting and review of Agreements, including Technical Manpower Services Agreement, EPCI Agreements, Purchase and Sale Contracts, Subcontract Agreement, Engineering Frame work Contracts, Consortium Agreements, and Technical Services Agreement.
• Drafting of medium level agreements and correspondence including memorandum of agreement, memorandum of understanding (MoU), non-disclosure agreement and service level agreement (SLA).
• Monitoring and managing contract compliance, including proactively working with the client and Legal teams to resolve contractual issues.
• Responsible for subcontractor selection process, execution of agreements and management of subcontractors.
• Ensure effective interface between all project groups involved in post award contract management and expediting; including project management, legal, contracts and procurement.

Administrative/Secretariat Role:

• Attend meetings with private and public organization/clients.
• Provide support on assignment or take lead on assignment as they are assigned.
• Assist in organization and administration of the legal department.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and presentations
• Manage the communication with counterparts, organize meetings and manage diaries of legal terms.
• Manage the day to day business activities under Management directives (follow ups, communication, preparation of documents, contracts, submissions, reports, matter management etc)
• Incorporation of new companies for the Company.
• Reviewing / Editing of documents sent to the company.
• Conducting of search at C. A. C. and Land Registry.

Required Knowledge/Skills

• Good knowledge of the laws of the Federal Republic Nigeria and regulations, corporate/commercial law as well as company law and secretarial practice.
• Working knowledge in Marine Logistics, EPCI, Power & Energy Industry, Infrastructure, Oil and Gas will be an added advantage.
• Reasonable litigation background
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office especially MS Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work as part of a team and with both internal and external stakeholders with diverse cultural backgrounds
• Fluent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to identify legal challenges, analyze them and propose legal but efficient.
• Must be methodical and pay attention to details
• Ability to think on your feet and outside the of box.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to apply commercial solutions to legal problems.
• And any other duties that may be assigned.

Personality Traits:

• Good team spirit
• Good planning and organizational skills, including the ability to anticipate tasks, set priorities, meet deadlines, and function efficiently whilst working to strict deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Must be dedicated, conscientious and reliable
• Working Relationships
• Executive Management and Board members
• Team members and other colleagues
•  External Lawyers, clients and other business partners.